Please Study:
- Pages 14-16 in your ISN.
- Pages 130-137 and 170-175 in the SS textbook.
There will be two questions about dominant cultural values. You can't really "study" anything for these two questions, but you can review the DAVs on page 13 in the ISN for examples of cultural values. These questions will require analysis and inference based on all the reading and viewing and discussion we have done in class this week.
Below is what you should have on page 14 in your ISN:
North American Cultural
Region -Physical
Having read pages
130-137 and 170-175 in the textbook about the geography of North American,
answer the following questions.
1. How has all the access to waterways helped North American
economically?________
_______________________________________________________________________
2. What landform does the Continental Divide run through? ______________________
What does it delineate?____________________________________________________
3. What sort of landscape do we live on here in Houston?
_________________________
4. Why do the Appalachian Mountains have rounded tops?________________________
5. The Rocky Mountains cross political borders. Explain. __________________________
________________________________________________________________________
6. The four largest cities in the US (who happen to have the
four teams currently competing for the World Series) are (in order, starting with
the largest): New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston. While these cities are far apart, they all
owe their success in large part to their location. Explain why that might be.___________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
7. State is to U.S.A. as __________________ is
to Canada.
8. Where do MOST
Canadians live? __________________________________________
9. Based on what
you’ve read and know about Canada, why do you the think the US/Canadian border
isn’t “defended”. ________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
What famous lakes do the US and Canada
share?________________________________
10. Which three oceans border Canada?_______________________________________
